EAN: 9780062870742

HOLLOW CHEST - BRITA SANDSTROM GEBUNDEN

Debut author Brita Sandstrom arrives with an unforgettable modern folktale of the darkness
around and inside us  and the courage it takes to keep hope alive. Hollow Chest is remarkable
on so many levels-its exquisite writing  its startling originality  its deep empathy. An
astonishing debut. -Anne Ursu  award-winning author of The Lost Girl Charlie has been having
nightmares. Eyes watching him in the night  claws on his chest  holding him down. His dreams
have been haunted for years  ever since German bombs rained down on London  taking his father's
life  taking his city's spirit  taking his beloved brother  Theo  off to war in France.Now
Charlie is left to take care of his grandpa Fitz while his mother works  waiting for the day
when Theo will come home. And with World War II nearly won  that day is almost here. Grandpa
Fitz warns Charlie that soldiers sometimes come back missing a piece of themselves  but Charlie
isn't worried. Whatever Theo has lost  Charlie will help him find it. When Theo finally does
return  though  he is cold and distant. But Charlie refuses to accept that the brother he knew
is gone  and soon  he discovers the reason for his brother's change: war wolves. Terrifying
ancient beasts who consume the hearts of those broken by grief. The wolves have followed
soldiers back home from the front. And if Charlie truly wants to save Theo  he's going to have
to find them and get his brother's heart back. But can a heart that's been eaten ever be
replaced?

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